Urban Rabbits, by Marko Risović

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There is a story about a tipsy guy who was ridding his bike late in the night, surrounded with darkness, scented fields of unripe wheat and a sense of endless freedom. Suddenly, a rabbit came out of nowhere, and started using front light of bicycle as a guide through the blackness of night. Cyclist was confused, but he continued to turn pedals not knowing what else to do, driving a little bit to the left, a little bit to the right. United by mutual goal, creative rabbit and tipsy cyclist merged their aims on the same journey through the night, connected by energy of the moment in unique act of creation. When the rabbit decided to go further on his own, cyclist continued along his path not sure if what he experienced was a dream or reality, but he was certain that it was first ever urban rabbit he saw in his life, talented animal who learned how to use man.

What makes an artist if not his ability to fulfill empty space with his creative energy, making something out of nothing, light out of the darkness and emotion out of apathy? Like ancient alchemists, group of young people are using their flexible bodies to create movement, to collect air and space around them and convert them into art. From the black depths of a circus tent, glimpses of light are falling on their strained muscles, reflecting fragments of pain, smell of sweat, skilled movements and undoubted pleasure when they succeed. Long hours of training, learning and practicing the same routine in order to achieve perfection, tears and laughs, severe words of the trainers, everything is built into one single moment of joy filled with the sound of loud applauding, in the moment of awareness that artist showed the light in darkness to many who shared a moment of creation.

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Marko Risović

Marko was attracted to photographic exploration of reality in his early youth. After years of experimenting, he discovered narrative power of photography as a language of socially engaged communication. For six years, he was working as photojournalist in different media outlets in Serbia. Later, he switched his interest to long term projects about various aspects of social reality. World Press Photo organization selected him to participate in Masterclass for young photographers from southeastern Europe in 2010. His work was recognized by respectable organizations. Some of these recognitions are: Press Photo Serbia - Photo of the year 2012, followed by another six Press Photo Serbia prizes in different categories in period 2010 to 2014, Status magazine award for best photography in Serbian media in 2010, Balkan Photo Fest main award in 2016, Beta photo agency Grand Prix for his work about refugees in 2016... Marko's work was published in different regional and international magazines and web editions, and presented in over fifty exhibitions. He is regular contributor to National Geographic Serbia magazine and member of ULUPUDS (Association of Serbian applied artists and designers) since 2012.